Louisville vs. Kentucky matchups | Randle vs. Harrell

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Dec. 27, 2013

Kentucky forward Julius Randle

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Few teams have been able to handle Julius Randle, Kentucky's 6-foot-9, 250-pound freshman power forward who has nine double-doubles in a dozen career games. He's averaging 18.3 points and 11.3 rebounds and coming off a 29 and 10 game in which he put virtually the entire Belmont team in foul trouble.

Montrezl Harrell, the Cards' powerful 6-8, 240-pound sophomore, can compete physically with Randle, but can he stay on the court?

Averaging 12.5 points and 8.3 rebounds in just 24.7 minutes per game, Harrell has the second-most fouls on the team - and Pitino said players like Randle have benefited ...